Optimistic for area
Our Opinions
      A new year is here and we are optimistic for Clarke County and the region. The new Louisiana- Pacific oriented strand board mill will start production soon, if it hasn't already. That will add approximately 140 permanent jobs through employment at the mill and should create other spinoff job oppo...
More ...

Tips for getting rid of pesky credit offers
Congress Reports
Jo Bonner
      Imagine, if you will, a scenario I'm about to describe. It's one that is quite familiar to all of us. You go to your mailbox expecting a letter from an old friend, perhaps a bill or two, and maybe even a catalog from one of your favorite stores; however, you find your mail box filled with unsolic...
More ...

Cartoon
Read the Story...

Big political year ahead
Inside the Statehouse
Steve Flowers
      As we enter the New Year we find ourselves in the midst of a political year in full swing. We are off to the races and in full throttle in the 2008 presidential juggernaut. It will be a horserace for both parties' nomination. It is a wide-open race.
More ...

Recalling great souls who passed on in 2007
Editor's Notes
Jim Cox
      A new year is upon us once again. For some strange reason a year seems to be less than 365 days now.
More ...

Old 'pieces' tug at the heart
Through The Past
Joyce B urrage
      Got anything in your house that is 50 years old or older? According to some old rule, then you have an antique. This excludes people, of course. People kind of inherit a title, such as, eccentric, old timer, and other terms of endearment.
More ...